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[lady_karelia]

Authors frequently refer to their muse. Sometimes they give it a name, othertimes they simply refer to 'the muse'. It got me curious.

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[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

I always pictured my muse as female, which, as a feminist with a smidgen of art knowledge, is somewhat problematic in terms of the "male gaze." Mythologically, muses are female. Of course, historically, artists are male, so by all rights, my muse should be male. I guess my muse is female because she's rawther like me only more often clad in flowy garments a'la Alphonse Mucha (http://www.midnight-muse.com/1amspri.htm). She's a flighty wench, but I love her all the same. The closest thing to a muse that I've ever named would be my bicycle. My college bike was Muriel, and my current bike is Mrs. Danvers (we have a love-hate relationship). I'll work on a name for my muse... thanks for the food for thought!

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Oh! Thanks for that link. I'm rather fond of flowy garments. As long as they're black.

Teehee, a bike named Muriel, eh *giggles*. We used to call our car Bond, but only because the last three digits were 007...